Puting the CON into concensus"

Channel 4 News tonight featured a live debate with guest our invertebrate environment secretary. Millipede minor was somewhat reticent in his condemnation of mass air travel. I suspect he had been told to tone it down for public consumption, in case the native got restless. in the event the live studio audience appeared to be mostly hand picked Metropolitan true believers. A good deal of gentle ticking off was delivered to the boy Ed. They seemed unanimous that the government were not going far enough in its commitment to Eco-lunacy.

The first contributor Catherine Hetherington from Cockermouth wanted to know what Miliband was going to do to prevent her town from being flooded again. One must question just how hypnotised by big government some people have become? However powerful the Labour government may or may not be. I should hope even Brown doesn't think he can turn back the rain in the sky?

Jon (air miles) Snow incongruously for someone who seems so passionate about global warming and yet this week he's been to Brasil, then Copenhagen before jetting back today to interview millipede, Didn't even try and impersonate journalistic impartiality, At one point prompting the woman from Cockermouth, saying " you have been drowned thanks to global warming". the unanimity was chilling if predictable, Millipede in response to the assertion that he needed to do more and go further from one (Straight from Labour Central Casting earnest young eco-warriors) he replied "I'm in the persuasion business" ( you could have fooled me Ed I thought you were in the fucking fraud & extortion businesses!) in rounding up Snow asked, Is anybody sceptical? Silence apart for one of middle-aged middle-class Islington type who looked at millipede and said Its good, But its not enough. It is utterly visceral, Media and politicians by putting forward a totally one-sided perspective given The CRU leaks I refused to believe that no one could be found who wishes to challenge this "consensus". you see it isn't just the BBC.

Infact by contrast Brillo and Portillo gave very reasoned challenges to raving Eco-fascist Nick Cohen tonight on This Week. Expect their contracts to be rescinded by the Beeb before next week's edition? Mr Cohen's bulging eyed rant which included references to flat earthers, deniers and a reference to sceptics as idiots. its this kind of blind fanaticism which can only swell the ranks of the sceptical.